April 10, 2018

News in photos: April 10

Students of some private universities gather on a road at Dhaka’s Pragati Sharani on Tuesday demanding reforms in the quota system for appointment to government jobs. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Students of some private universities gather on a road at Dhaka’s Pragati Sharani on Tuesday demanding reforms in the quota system for appointment to government jobs. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

British High Commissioner in Dhaka Alison Blake addresses the Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh’s (DCAB) flagship event ‘DCABtalk’ at the National Press Club on Tuesday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

British High Commissioner in Dhaka Alison Blake addresses the Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh’s (DCAB) flagship event ‘DCABtalk’ at the National Press Club on Tuesday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Students of some private universities gather on a road at Dhaka’s Pragati Sharani on Tuesday demanding reforms in the quota system for appointment to government jobs. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Students of some private universities gather on a road at Dhaka’s Pragati Sharani on Tuesday demanding reforms in the quota system for appointment to government jobs. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

British High Commissioner in Dhaka Alison Blake addresses the Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh’s (DCAB) flagship event ‘DCABtalk’ at the National Press Club on Tuesday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

British High Commissioner in Dhaka Alison Blake addresses the Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh’s (DCAB) flagship event ‘DCABtalk’ at the National Press Club on Tuesday. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

East West University students block Bir Uttam Rafiqul Islam road at Dhaka’s Rampura on Tuesday demanding reforms in the quota system for appointments to government jobs. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

East West University students block Bir Uttam Rafiqul Islam road at Dhaka’s Rampura on Tuesday demanding reforms in the quota system for appointments to government jobs. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader and Rashed Khan Menon, chairman of Workers Party of Bangladesh, visit the house of the Dhaka University vice-chancellor after it was ransacked and vandalised by an unidentified group. Photo: asif mahmud ove

Bangladesh Chhatra League, the ruling Awami League’s student wing, demonstrates at the base of Aparajeyo Bangla sculpture at Dhaka University, protesting an attack on the house of the vice-chancellor. Photo: asif mahmud ove

East West University students block Bir Uttam Rafiqul Islam road at Dhaka’s Rampura on Tuesday demanding reforms in the quota system for appointments to government jobs. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

People browse through colourful clothes on the eve of Bengali New Year at Dhaka’s Aziz Super Market. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

People browse through colourful clothes on the eve of Bengali New Year at Dhaka’s Aziz Super Market. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

People browse through colourful clothes on the eve of Bengali New Year at Dhaka’s Aziz Super Market. Photo: Abdullah Al Momin

Bangladesh Chhatra League, the ruling Awami League’s student wing, demonstrates at the base of Aparajeyo Bangla sculpture at Dhaka University, protesting an attack on the house of the vice-chancellor. Photo: asif mahmud ove